A packet which left New York on the 21st of
May has brought accounts of a disgraceful riot which occurred in Philadelphia on the 17th ultimo. It appears that the Slavery Abolitionists had excited the angry feelings of the populace by an ostentatious" ming- ling of colours" in the streets, and at public meetings, which were held on two days in the Hall of the Abolitionists. Black men were placed between White ladies, Black women between White men, and vice versa. On the evening of the first day's meeting, there was some tumult, throwing of stones and breaking of 'windows. On the second day, the mob (for here, it seems, the American boast did not hold good, and the sovereign people assumed the character of a real mob) became very violent. The Magistrates persuaded the meeting to disperse ;_ and soon afterwards the populace broke open the door of the Hall, put a large quantity of combustibles in the centre, and set fire to them. The police were easily driven away. There was no further disturbance ; though an immense crowd assembled to see and enjoy the con flag rat ion. Efforts were successfully made to save the adjoining buildings; but theHall, the sovereign people said, was "doomed." The firemen were not allowed to play their engines upon it, but told to take care of the • adjohgng,,Iquses. The firemen themselves, it is shrewdly stir- to save the Hall. One of the houses be-
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leallesT00,,asp woman, and was slightly damaged, to the amount
perhaps of fifty dollars : a subscription of 470 dollars was iuj. mediately raised, and the money paid to her. The bill for reissuing Treasury notes to meet the exigencies of the United States Government was certain to pass both Houses,
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